JumbleDuck
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Boatie frying pans, because the metal bit of the handle is mild steel and rusts. Manufacturer's saving: maybe 10p.
Nominations for the worst designed bits of boat gear
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ronsurf
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They sound awesome! Where can I get one?
theoldsalt
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KellysEye
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>Nominations for the worst designed bits of boat gear
Everything excluding electronics, all boat kit is designed for weekend and holiday sailors, use it for a long period and everything will break - hence all the spares on every chandlers wall. The only exception on our boat was the Hydrovane. The bottom line is most things are built cheaply and sold for a premium price because it's a captive market, they even sell electrical tape at a premium.
Everything excluding electronics, all boat kit is designed for weekend and holiday sailors, use it for a long period and everything will break - hence all the spares on every chandlers wall. The only exception on our boat was the Hydrovane. The bottom line is most things are built cheaply and sold for a premium price because it's a captive market, they even sell electrical tape at a premium.
Thistle
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The transom of a Laser - catches the mainsheet on every gybe unless you are very careful / lucky.
Anything which rusts in normal useage.
Anything which can't be removed or accessed for maintenance.
And, at number 1, manuals in "English" which appear to have been translated by an early version of Google Translate from Japanese, via several intermediates including Dutch (twice), to what's claimed to be "English".
Anything which rusts in normal useage.
Anything which can't be removed or accessed for maintenance.
And, at number 1, manuals in "English" which appear to have been translated by an early version of Google Translate from Japanese, via several intermediates including Dutch (twice), to what's claimed to be "English".
Seajet
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The Silva S12 waterproof handheld VHF; completely user-unfriendly, and doesn't work; squelch is either roaring static or 1 digital step down everything is silenced !
Moral; don't buy such things on spec' alone without trying them, and don't then leave unused during refit until the guarantee runs out...
Moral; don't buy such things on spec' alone without trying them, and don't then leave unused during refit until the guarantee runs out...
ronsurf
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But they must work! The article says they do! They wouldn't go to the effort to design and make something that doesn't work, would they? Would they...?
prv
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prv
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As I said earlier, it was all before my time. But a quick search finds some relevant old threads:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?62398-Waterlog-Watermaker (no idea why there's a poll about lifelines at the top of it)
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...le-Watermaker-does-it-function-or-is-it-a-DUD
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?147997-waterlog-towed-watermaker-what-s-the-story (this one has a second-hand report of it actually working, but then the insides rusted and fell apart)
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?87267-Waterlog-water-makers-any-experience (some comedy answers about its undoubted effectiveness
)Pete
Phoenix of Hamble
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Chandlery price lists
rogerball0
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Picking up on one of scottie' points can we include actual bits of the boat itself as i have enough material to write several volumes entitled "Westerly.....wtf were you thinking when you built my (insert boat model)" this i thought could then build into a Ladybird-type series based on each design from input of respective owners on their myriad construction flaws.
Just a thought.......................
Just a thought.......................
savageseadog
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The worst bit of kit I had, ever, was a Plastimo Danbuoy with an iron weight at the end. It rusted and the telescopc upright eventually broke off the weight.
gsturgeon
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Motor boat helm seats on which you can't see where you are going unless you stand up.
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pampas
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Depends on the cooker.:encouragement:
prv
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Indeed - our Spinflow has done everything asked of it including roast beef, pizza, bread, and various cakes and biscuits. The grill does perfectly even toast, and the hob metalwork dismantles for cleaning.
Only complaint is that it takes a bit of ingenuity to fashion a gimbal lock because the whole front is glass and you can't screw a catch to it.
Pete
alahol2
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Manual fresh water pump, it must be possible to design one that doesn't leak all over the worktop.
prv
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Ooh, yeah, I'll go for that. Thinking especially of the tall thin Whale handpump. Leaks and dribbles were particularly unwelcome on Kindred Spirit because the tap was mounted in the corner of the chart table (small boat compromises).
Pete
Hydrozoan
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Oh. I found them OK, though I did replace the washers once or twice in 10 years - kits were about £7 IIRC, so I thought that acceptable.
thalassa
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A friend of mine bought one in preparation for a Transatlantic crossing. He did the foolish thing of actually trying it out first, in the marina. It sank.
Vanilla
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The stupid fiddly way of adjusting the webbing to make life jackets fit.......most models anyway
The menu structure on Raymarine plotters (maybe newer ones are more intuitive?)
Those thingies to make toast on the gas hob
The menu structure on Raymarine plotters (maybe newer ones are more intuitive?)
Those thingies to make toast on the gas hob
